Medical discrimination and a lack of data make it difficult for people of color to get help for post-COVID problems.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
This is part one in a series from KRCB, in collaboration with the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2022 California Fellowship, looking into the harsh wildfire conditions agricultural workers in Sonoma County face.
From providing accurate COVID-19 information to advocating for testing and vaccination with cultural sensitivity, these community healthcare workers were key to serving marginalized Hispanic populations.
While investigating the basic needs of homeless students in Richmond County schools going unfulfilled, the I-TEAM took a closer look at the person in charge of this growing segment of the student body.
Prosperous Wellstar system points to losses at Atlanta Medical Center as others question their commitment to serving the community.
Although the upgrades at Cottage Gardens are ongoing, emergency department visits have dropped significantly.
Long-term exposure to the particulate matter released by open agricultural burning has been associated with a suite of health problems, and the communities most affected are majority-Latino.
Nearly two decades of postponing a ban on burning have left clean air advocates dubious that local air regulators will follow through.
Clean air advocates hope the EPA will step in to strengthen regulations of polluting industries.
Period poverty is a global issue experienced by millions of people, especially houseless, low-income and Black and Brown communities.